Counterpoints in Conversation is a brand new radio series on Resonance FM, in collaboration with Gaby D'Annunzio.
New co-commission with Whitechapel Gallery - To-Recite by Aliaskar Abarkas. Sign up for workshops across April and May.
The world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.
A brand new digital art-meets-football project made with people from all over the world who now call Sheffield home, to celebrate the World Cup and Refugee Week.
A night of comedy featuring No Direction Home and the Palestine Comedy Club, presented by the University of Westiminster.
An intimate evening of storytelling, reflection, and conversation exploring the meaning of home, migration, and belonging.
A collective of filmmakers capture the lives of a people caught up in a conflict that has ravaged Sudan.
An audio-visual installation and community project by artist Kadir Karababa that explores how music carries memory, identity and a sense of home across borders.
A celebration of music and spoken word shaped by migration – co-curated by Anoushka Shankar and hosted by Nish Kumar.
Global bestselling writer and renowned activist Elif Shafak explores whether creativity can help heal our divided world.
Join a celebration of global club sounds and community at the Southbank Centre with Our Heartbeats DJ Crew for Refugee Week
A screening of exceptional short films selected by Sarah Agha for Arab Film Club, followed by a Q&A.
Past Events
This Learning Lab — hosted as part of Platforma 6 Festival — will facilitate a conversation around the Postcards Across the River project led by Clapham Park Creative Co-op and produced by Counterpoints Arts. Date: Tuesday, 2 November 2021 Time: 11am to 12:30pm Cost: £ Free Who: For anyone interested in textile art, community-based practice, local culture/history and [...]
New collaboration with London Southbank University and artists Dana Olarescu and BLKBRD Collective, as part of Being Human Festival.
From 20th October to 12th November 2021, Victoria Square, Athens will host We Apologize - a new, in situ art installation by visual artist Adrian Paci. The work is the product of many months of research in collaboration with old and new residents from the Victoria Square neighbourhood, following an invitation by the Counterpoints Arts [...]
Create and Counterpoints Arts' 2021 School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice, taking place online across October 2021.
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Artists Adrian Paci has been commissioned by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with Victoria Square Project (VSP) in Athens to produce new public work as part of our Across Borders programme. Born in Albania and now living in Italy, Adrian is an artist whose work has been exhibited internationally including at the Venice Biennale His commission [...]
Platforma 6 will take place at a range of venues and public spaces across the county throughout October 2021, produced by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with more than 20 different organisations, artists and collectives.
Join Counterpoints Arts for the next event in our PopChange Salon Series featuring a live recording of our new podcast “But Is It Funny?” which puts comedy criticism in the spotlight. Panellists Suchandrika Chakrabarti (comic and writer), Jamal Khadar (writer and researcher) and Brian Logan (comedy critic for The Guardian) will be discussing current issues in stand-up and highlighting upcoming gigs and events. Following the [...]
A night of laughter from No Direction Home, hosted by Mo Omar, with headliner Fatiha El-Ghorri
A new eight-week online art collaboration between Art Refuge and Counterpoints Arts.
